Aussies appreciate a good thrill when they’re abroad. Take the Nevis Swing in Queenstown, for example. It no doubt gets its fair share of Aussie visitors, who want to hit crazy speeds as they drop straight towards the ground, before being slung skywards on the upswing.
But you don’t attempt any of this without a harness, do you?
Travelling requires bravery and smarts in equal parts, and you need to protect yourself as best you can – even if you have the wildest of hearts. Here’s how you can experience all the thrills of adventure travelling, while still enjoying the peace of mind that comes with being covered by a travel insurance policy.
Yes, we believe that every traveller – regardless of who you are, where you’re going, or for what you plan on doing – needs travel insurance. Life is unpredictable, even more so when we’re overseas in an unfamiliar setting.
Perhaps you plan on trekking to Everest Base Camp. Travel insurance could ensure you’re covered if the unexpected happened on this once in a lifetime adventure. On the other hand, such a product could also protect you even if you slip and fall in a restaurant in Nepal before you set off on the trek!
No matter how experienced you may be in your choice of risk-taking or extreme sports, travel insurance can help if something goes wrong on your trip. It may not even be an accident on the ski slopes or the hiking trail; your flight may be cancelled due to bad weather, or you might fall ill before you can even get stuck into your adventure.
Travel insurance can help you prepare by covering these events and more. With the right policy, you can be covered for many things that could go wrong.
Some travel insurance policies may offer coverage for some adventure activities, like:
Different insurers and policies will cover different activities. While some insurers may happily cover you for some or all of the above while others may not. It’s important to find a provider that offers insurance for all of your planned overseas activities.
Some activities may not be covered under your travel insurance policy, or the insurer may offer coverage as an optional extra on your policy. While these may differ between policies and insurers, here are a couple of activities that may fall under this umbrella:
Your insurer may exclude all these activities, or they may exclude none of them. To make sure you’re not barred from doing something you truly have your heart set on, you should look carefully at excluded activities in your Product Disclosure Statement (PDS).
It’s not just sports and activities that can be excluded, either. Some scenarios and incidents are usually excluded from cover, including:
Some insurers may not cover travel to certain countries, and there are circumstances where you won’t be able to claim. For example, if the Australian Government has issued a travel warning for a particular country after a terrorist attack, an act of war, a pandemic, or a severe weather event, any travel insurance claim you make could be denied if you knowingly travel there after the warning was issued.
Your ability to travel to any country will depend on a variety of factors (e.g. your passport, criminal history, visa status, etc). We are not able to advise you on what impact these factors might have on your individual circumstances. Once you have made the necessary arrangements, our area of expertise is helping you find travel insurance.
If you’re jetting off to your next adventure soon, you can get covered right here and now with our free travel insurance comparison service. Our tool is quick and easy to use. Simply enter in a couple of details and within minutes, you can compare and choose from a selection of insurance policies from a range of providers.
Get covered for travel insurance no matter what type of cover you’re looking for.
